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sension

sension noun: sensation; awareness of being affected by something external.

Noun

sension (plural sensions)

  1. (obsolete) sensation; awareness of being affected by something external
    • […] which communicates with a pipe which leads to the palate, and which is equally necessary to produce the sension of exterior sounds.1797, The New-York Weekly Magazine, Or, Miscellaneous Repository

Forms of sension

pluralsensions

Questions about sension

What does sension mean?
Sension means sensation; awareness of being affected by something external.
What part of speech is sension?
Sension is a noun.
What is the plural of sension?
The plural of sension is sensions.

Words near sension in the dictionary

  1. sensimilla
  2. sensimillia
  3. sensimotor
  4. sensing
  5. sensings
  6. sension
  7. sensioneural
  8. sensions
  9. sensism
  10. sensisms
  11. sensist

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